Kingsport

Kingsport Seats New BMA After Montgomery Wins; Three New Aldermen

Q: Who is actually joining Kingsport's board after the Aug. 6 election?

Mayor Paul Montgomery returns after defeating Tim Sanders 5,199 to 1,792. New aldermen Julie Byers (4,329), Richard Isaacs (3,657), and Calvin Clifton (3,440) replace Betsy Cooper, Colette George, and Gary Mayes, who did not run. Tennessee Town & City published the tallies Aug. 10, 2026.

Q: Does a new BMA seating night reprice a Kingsport house?

Not by itself. A newly seated board changes who votes next; it is not a local MLS comparable. Disclose the roster change if a buyer asks. Price to closed comps. The live $1.67 tax-rate and quarry 6-1 posts remain separate files.

Q: Can I buy the next Tri-Cities house before this one sells?

You can write the offer. A contingent contract is still a maybe when the next seller is not waiting on who was sworn in at City Hall. Our proven system puts a written sale date under this house so the next offer is a real buyer. If you need a date certain, ask about a cash offer.

Q: How is this different from the quarry and tax-rate files already live?

The quarry post is the Aug. 4 6-1 expansion vote. The tax-rate post is the $1.67 / AF-239-2026 clip. This file is the September seating after the Aug. 6 municipal count. The Municode packet links were empty when opened today, so no ordinance roll-call is invented here.

Q: What should Kingsport and Tri-Cities owners do this week?

Keep the Aug. 6 tallies and the Sept. 1, 7 p.m. seating meeting. Wait for a posted packet before quoting ordinance titles. Price to closed comps. Start with a free home evaluation at kingsofrealestate.com/l/home-evaluation/ or ask about a cash offer. Call 865-365-2280.

Kingsport's Board of Mayor and Aldermen meets Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, at 7 p.m. as the city seats a new board after Aug. 6 elections: Mayor Paul Montgomery won 5,199–1,792, and Julie Byers, Richard Isaacs, and Calvin Clifton take the open alderman seats.

Tracy King

01 Sep 2026 • 5 min read

Kingsport's Board of Mayor and Aldermen meets Sept. 1, 2026, to seat the new board after Aug. 6 municipal elections.

Kingsport's Board of Mayor and Aldermen business meeting is set for Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. — the first regular Tuesday business meeting after August municipal elections, and the month the city says a new board is seated in election years. On Aug. 6, 2026, incumbent Mayor Paul Montgomery was re-elected with 5,199 votes to challenger Tim Sanders's 1,792, Tennessee Town & City reported. Newcomers Julie Byers (4,329), Richard Isaacs (3,657), and Calvin Clifton (3,440) won the three open alderman seats over Tom Segelhorst (3,235) and Joshua B. McMillan (2,484). Incumbents Betsy Cooper, Colette George, and Gary Mayes did not seek re-election; their terms were listed on the city site as expiring Aug. 31, 2026. The Municode portal lists tonight's business meeting with Agenda and Packet links that were empty when this desk opened them today, so the locked lead is the seating calendar and the certified election tape — not an invented ordinance vote.

City of Kingsport's Board of Mayor and Aldermen page states elections are held in August during even-numbered years and that the new board is seated in September of each election year. The 2026 BMA schedule shows the Aug. 31 work session paired with the Sept. 1 business meeting. Holdovers on staggered terms include Vice Mayor Darrell Duncan, Alderman Morris Baker, and Alderman James Phillips, whose terms run through Aug. 31, 2028 on the city roster. Do not invent tonight's roll-call on a rezoning, a tax ordinance, or a contract. Those lines were not in an opened packet.

Who is actually joining Kingsport's board after the Aug. 6 election?

Mayor Paul Montgomery returns after defeating Tim Sanders, 5,199 to 1,792. The three new aldermen are Julie Byers, Richard Isaacs, and Calvin Clifton, ranked in that order in the Tennessee Municipal League's Tennessee Town & City roundup of the Aug. 6 municipal results. Cooper, George, and Mayes are outgoing. Duncan, Baker, and Phillips continue on the staggered cycle. That is the named roster change. A seating night is not a quarry expansion, not AF-239-2026, and not the Kendrick Creek 94-unit file already live on this desk.

Kingsport BMA Sept. 1 seating tape	Figure	Source
Business meeting	Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, 7:00 p.m.	Municode BMA calendar; 2026 BMA schedule PDF
Election day	Aug. 6, 2026 municipal elections	Tennessee Town & City, Aug. 10, 2026
Mayor	Paul Montgomery 5,199; Tim Sanders 1,792	Same TT&C roundup
New aldermen	Julie Byers 4,329; Richard Isaacs 3,657; Calvin Clifton 3,440	Same TT&C roundup
Other alderman candidates	Tom Segelhorst 3,235; Joshua B. McMillan 2,484	Same TT&C roundup
Outgoing (did not run)	Betsy Cooper, Colette George, Gary Mayes (terms listed through Aug. 31, 2026)	TT&C; city BMA roster
City rule	New board seated in September of election years	kingsporttn.gov BMA page
30-year fixed (context)	6.66% as of Aug. 27, 2026	Freddie Mac PMMS

Does a new BMA seating night reprice a Kingsport house?

Not by itself. A newly seated board changes who votes on the next rezoning, budget amendment, and annexation — it does not reprint last month's NETAR comparable. Disclose the roster change if a buyer asks who sits on the board after Aug. 31. Price the house to closed comps in the local REALTOR MLS tape, condition, and days on market. Do not mark a Lynn Garden listing up because Byers led the alderman count. Do not cut a Colonial Heights ranch because three incumbents stepped aside. The live $1.67 tax-rate post and the quarry 6-1 file remain separate URLs. Freddie Mac's Aug. 27 survey has the 30-year fixed at 6.66%. A few basis points will not reprice a Model City split-level the way a full point would.

When the packet finally posts — or when minutes land after tonight — any ordinance that actually changes zoning near your street becomes a new clip. Until a primary page prints that ordinance title and vote, keep tonight as a seating story.

Can I buy the next Tri-Cities house before this one sells?

You can write the offer. A contingent contract on a Sullivan County clock is still a maybe when the next seller already has a buyer who is not waiting on who was sworn in at City Hall. Our proven system puts a written sale date under this house so the next offer is a real buyer.* If you need a date certain, ask about a cash offer. The two-house trap did not change because Kingsport seated Byers, Isaacs, and Clifton: you cannot honor the next address until this one is settled, and you will not list until you know where you are going.

How is this different from the quarry and tax-rate files already live?

The live quarry post is the Aug. 4, 2026, 6-1 second reading that expanded Martin Marietta near Airport Parkway, with Mayor Montgomery casting the lone no. The live tax-rate post is the $1.67 rate and AF-239-2026 hearing clip. Tonight's file is the September seating after the Aug. 6 municipal count. One is a land-use vote. One is a millage. This is who holds the gavel for the next cycle. Do not mash 5,199 mayoral votes into a fake rezoning roll-call. Bristol VA's data-center special-use file and Johnson City's Ordinance 4950-26 tax relief stay in their own folders.

Empty Agenda and Packet links on the Municode meeting page are a desk constraint, not a license to invent AF numbers. When staff uploads the packet, read the ordinance captions before you forward a rumor about tax incentives or another Kendrick Creek-style multifamily ask. Holdover members Duncan, Baker, and Phillips still sit on the staggered terms through 2028 on the roster the city published; the three new aldermen join Montgomery for the seats that turned over Aug. 31. That math is seven members total — the same board size the city charter description already states.

What should Kingsport and Tri-Cities owners do this week?

Keep the Aug. 6 tape: Montgomery 5,199–1,792; Byers, Isaacs, and Clifton take the three open seats; Cooper, George, and Mayes are out.
Treat Sept. 1, 7:00 p.m., as the seating business meeting on the Municode calendar — and wait for a posted packet before quoting any ordinance title.
Price to closed comps — not to an election night.
Start with a home evaluation. Ask about a cash offer if timing is the problem.

Call Kings of Real Estate at 865-365-2280. Knoxville office: 121 Suburban Road, Suite 101. Licensed agents: $250/mo desk fee.

What's happening in the Tri-Cities this week

Kingsport BMA business meeting — Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026, 7:00 p.m. (Municode calendar); new board seated in September after even-year August elections (city BMA page)
Aug. 6 municipal results — Montgomery re-elected; Byers, Isaacs, Clifton win alderman seats (Tennessee Town & City, Aug. 10, 2026)
Next listed BMA work session — Monday, Sept. 14, 2026, 4:30 p.m. (Municode upcoming events)

Sources: Tennessee Town & City / Tennessee Municipal League, Aug. 10, 2026, Kingsport election tallies; City of Kingsport Board of Mayor & Aldermen page (seating rule; term expirations); Municode Kingsport BMA business meeting Sept. 1, 2026; 2026 BMA schedule PDF; Freddie Mac PMMS, 30-year 6.66% as of Aug. 27, 2026.

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